This is the first time I share my story with any one other than my sister. I am 30 years old female. I had bb problem since I was a kid. The reason for that were my tonsils that stored food which appeared as white dots on them (disgusting!)
my tonsils had many holes. I lived my life until I was 20 avoiding close distance with anybody, covering my mouth when that is possible, and doing what ever I can to hide my problem from others. I was extremely hurt when someone tells me that my breath stinks. I used to brush for hours without any use. The bacteria that produced this horrible smelly gas were not in my mouth, it does not matter how clean are my teeth!
I had this feeling since I was very little that my tonsils are the problem. I used to complain to my mother about my tonsils and that I wanted to remove them, but unfortunately the doctor which my mother has always taken me to turned me down every time. She always look through my throat and say well honey your tonsils are not infected and there is nothing that requires removing them and the holes in them, just forget about them.
God, the holes are why I am socially isolated. But she seems never to understand. When I turned 20 and was in college, I stood against my parents and demanded to see a doctor who accepts to remove the tonsils only for the bb problem. I went to a doctor and said I know that this operation is not very important, but I told him that if he will not agree on it, I will suffer for the rest of my life and will never get married. Eventually he agreed, my parents did not agree, they were scared that something would happen to me but I fought a lot for it and did it. One week after the operation, I remember that the taste in my mouth has changed and that brushing only can give me a pleasant breath. Thanks God, my tonsils are gone forever.
However, this is not the end of the story. Several months after my operation, I noticed that I sometimes develop bad breath, but it was different from the one I had before. This was not persistent like the old one, it was on and off. I realized then that I have another problem that is in my nose. Since I am allergic to dust and my nose is so sensitive, I have a post nasal drip problem, my nose tend to always produce exess mucus, a high protein food source for bacteria that will grow in these conditions and produce (again!!!) smelly gases.
These gases are hunting me. The allergy in my nose has no cure, sprays and all kinds of medicine will not solve the problem as I was told by most of the doctors. When excess mucus is produced as a result of allergy, the nose becomes blocked and inflamed which makes me breath from my mouth making it dry. Another cause of bb added to the list.
I suffered from this problem since I was a kid, but only realized it when I eliminated the first cause, the tonsils. Last year I found semi-cure for this problem, and I am now happy with the results, my husband is happy too. Since he told me during our years of marriage that he can be near to me only when I am in the off bb mode. He also recognized the pattern of my bb. This was very offensive to me, but I swallowed it, since I thought I can’t blame him really, bad smell effects mood and love.
I prayed to God to cure me from this terrible bb problem that seems not to leave me. I noticed finally that I should not give the bacteria a chance. So I started sucking the excess mucus form the back of my throat (by sucking air-breathing in) 10 times daily on average. I am also rinsing my nose with water 10 times a day.
That is if my body is not able to flush this mucus out I will do it, whatever it takes. When you blow your nose and there is nothing there, don’t think that you have no mucus, most of the time, (in my case) the mucus is at the back of my nose. This method had reduced my (on and off bb) problem by 90%. Note though when I am tired one day of rinsing my nose like that I can develop bb. It is just that if you know what is the bacteria is feeding on, tonsils, mucus, gum, food between teeth….etc you need to remove its food source.
Now the problem of my nose happens only like once a week, the rest of the week I have a breath with no smell. Just air
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